At MAE 2012, Radisys’ Harry Jensen discussed the necessary components to develop ultra-portable cellular networks that squeeze the entire system, from base station to the core, into a small, ruggedized platform that can be picked up and moved, or even carried in a soldier’s pack, and is specifically developed to support defense applications in extreme field conditions.

Harry Jensen

Harry Jensen has served as a senior US military officer, with over 35 years of professional experience, including a total of over 10 years in the Pentagon as a Senior Defense Analyst in the Office of Secretary of Defense in Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L), in Program Assessment and Evaluation (PA&E), on the staff of the J-8 Directorate of The Joint Staff supporting the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), and at US Marine Corps Headquarters as a Branch head in Programs, Plans & Operations. He was selected for military command in combat and in peacetime at all ranks from Second Lieutenant through Colonel. His university education is in mathematics and he is a distinguished graduate of several military schools to include the top-level school, The National War College. Since leaving active duty in the Marine Corps, he has worked for General Dynamics as the Director of an Advanced Programs engineering team developing new capabilities for the US Warfighter in various functional areas such as electro-optic sensor systems and laser weapon platforms. Harry joined Radisys Corporation one year ago to lead the expansion of Radisys into the Aerospace & Defense market by introducing the defense prime contractor community to the advantages of proven, technologically mature, commercial off-the-shelf embedded wireless infrastructure for network-centric warfare initiatives.